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(No Model.)

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No. 349,454. Patented Sept. 21,1886;

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, WILLlAM r. REEVES, 0E AURORA, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

- SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 349,454, dated September 21, 1886.

Application lilcd June 14, 1886. Serial No. 205,133. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM T. REEvEs, of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention has for its object a ready, efficient, and simple means for adj ustably holding together a removable cuff and a shirt-sleeve or its band, and whereby the wearer may easily arrange his cuffs so as to permit them to project more or less, as desired, beyond his coatsleeve, regardless of whether his shirt-sleeves be long or short; and it consistsin a construction and combination, hereinafter plainly defined, of a sliding spring dog or clip arranged to slide directly upon an under or bed plate, the latter being arranged for temporary attachment to the cuffs, and the clip adapted to grip the annular edge of the wristband.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a plan view of my improved holder as applied on the inside of a pair of cuffs and as connected to or clasping the wristband of a shirt-sleeve,and with the adj usting-clip in position for a short shirt-sleeve; Fig. 2, a side View of the holder, and with the adjusting-clip in position for a longer sleeve; Figs. 3, 4., and 5, detail views.

A is a metal base or under plate, having at or near its inner end a button, b, whereby it may be connected to any appropriate buttonholes, 0, adapted for it, and made in a cuff, D, and this button b is the only really necessary device for attaching the holder to the cuff, the other button-holes, e, being'left free for the insertion of the customary ornamental cuff-buttons.

E is a sliding spring clip or dog, the base f of which clasps the baseplate A, and also has ears 9, to receive the pivotal pin h, around which is coiled a spring, i,which, by one of its ends or arms, acts to clamp the gripping or toothed end of the clamping or clip lever 7' down upon or toward the plate A, the lever j i being journaled or hung on the pin h. The

other or free end of the clip-lever is rounded off, so as not to be inconvenientto the wearer. Any small projection or pin, Ia, at the outer end of plate A serves to keep the slide from sliding off the plate. It will now be seen that when the button is inserted in the holes 0 of the cuff the clip is ready for connection to the wristband of the shirt-sleeve by merely placing the annular edge of such wristband between the plate and the toothed or other gripping edge of the clip-lever, and the force of the spring is made sufficient not only to securely hold the wristband, but also to preclude the sliding of the dog upon the baseplate A under any ordinary pull or strain to which it may be subjected; but this sliding dog may at will be adjusted to any desired position along the plate, as the length of the shirt-sleeve may require, and so that the cuffs may project a suitable distance beyond the wearers coat-sleeve, as he may prefer. By this adjustment the desired position of the cuffs may always be attained quite independently of the depth of the removable cuffs or of the length of the shirt-sleeve, and the ornamental cuff-button may be adjusted so as to be under the wrist, at the side of the wrist, or on the top, or, in fact, in any desired position, the whole matter being fully under the control of the wearer. Even when the cuff and this at.-

tachment are on the wearers wrist, it is anv easy matter to effect the adjustment, if desired, by simply inserting the thumb under the cuff and pushing or pulling the slide along the plate A to the position desired.

It will be observed thatthere is no part of the device which in anywise interferes with the insertion, removal, or wear of the customary ornamental sleeve-buttons, inasmuch as the button-holes provided for them are not used or obstruct-ed by my cuff-holder.

I 'claim 1. An adjustable cuff-holder consisting of a base-plate having means, substantially as described, for removably securing it to button-holes in a cuff, combined with an adjust able spring clip secured directly upon said plate and adapted to slide upon and to be held at any desired place on the same,- and to clip or grip the annular edge of the wristband of to clip the edge of a wristband, and to be adthe sleeve, and to adjust the position of the justed lengthwise of said plate, all substancuff relatively to said band. tially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The adjustable cuff-holder deseribed,con- WILLIAM T. REEVES.

5 sisting of the combination, with the plate A, WVitnesses:

provided with a. button, I), and a stop or pro- 7 jection, 7c, of thesliding clip or d0gE,a rranged E. T. PRINDLD M. O. SoUTHwoRTH. 

